Dr. Al-Niaimi is an assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. His passion is implementing innovative surgical techniques, such as single port laparoscopic surgery, along with achieving optimal surgical debulking (removal) of ovarian cancer, specifically in the upper abdomen. Dr. Al-Niaimi's approach to cancer treatment is simple: patients come first. This means optimizing surgical outcomes as well as chemotherapy and radiotherapy to achieve the best cancer care for patients so they can live life to the fullest.

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Dr. Al-Niaimi's research interests include optimization of health outcomes, such as post-operative complications and the effect of patient medical comorbidities and surgical techniques on surgical and oncologic outcomes. He has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and has been active in presenting research at national conferences. He is involved in many committees both locally and nationally focusing on both surgical outcomes as well as promoting surgical proficiency. He is also involved in many national courses as an instructor of surgical techniques for gynecologic oncologists.

Dr. Al-Niaimi created and is leading the Gynecologic Oncology Longitudinal Data Collection and Utilization Project (GOLD-CUP) for the division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Wisconsin. GOLD-CUP is a database containing health information from patients that have received medical care for gynecologic concerns at the UWHC Gynecologic Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Oncology Clinics. This database will be used to answer questions in the future concerning the relationships between patient factors and treatment variables on survival, health outcomes, and quality of life in gynecologic oncology patients.